Evansville, Elkhart Radio Stations to Air Sound Medicine

Sound Medicine, a weekly health news magazine, expands its Indiana audience this Saturday, August 4, 2007 when WNIN-FM in Evansville and WVPE-FM in Elkhart begin airing the program.

Both stations are affiliated with National Public Radio and join WFYI-FM90.1 in Indianapolis, WFIU-FM in Bloomington, WBOI-FM in South Bend, WCRD-FM in Muncie and WETL-FM in Elkhart in airing the program. Sound Medicine also airs in several other markets through these stations' agreements with WBSB in Anderson, WNDY in Crawfordville, WFCI in Franklin, WBSH in Hagerstown/New Castle, and WBSW in Marion and WBSJ in Portland, Indiana.

This week's program is unique; the full hour is dedicated to examining the ethical questions involved in pediatric medical research, specifically in the United States and Australia. Fiona Stanley, M.D., director of the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research and a professor in the School of Pediatrics and Child Health at the University of Western Australia, joins Steve Downs, M.D., associate professor of pediatrics and the Jean and Jerry Bepko Scholar at the Indiana University School of Medicine, and Eric Meslin, Ph.D., associate dean of bioethics at IU School of Medicine and director of the IU Center on Bioethics, for the discussion.

Each week, Sound Medicine's host Barbara Lewis covers the latest developments in medical science, ways to improve personal health and behind the scenes perspectives on the business of medicine. A veteran broadcast journalist in television and radio, Lewis is a former anchor/reporter for WRTV in Indianapolis. Currently, she reports on health business news for Inside Indiana Business with Gerry Dick, which airs on WFYI public television and WISH-TV.

An archive of past programs, access to podcasts and a listing of stations airing Sound Medicine can be found at www.soundmedicine.iu.edu/.

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